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World News | UAE Rescue Team Continues Forest Firefighting Operations in Albania
Latestly
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August 14, 2025
Tirana [Albania], August 14 (ANI/ WAM): The UAE Rescue Team is continuing its efforts for the fourth consecutive day to extinguish multiple wildfires in various locations across the Republic of Albania, in close coordination with Albanian...
Media Unions Criticise Albanian Police Operation Targeting TV Station
Balkan Insight
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August 12, 2025
Albanian journalists protest against police operation targeting Focus Media Group. Photo: Nensi Bogdani. International and local media organisations, including Reporters Without Borders, the European Federation of Journalists and the International...
Albania: Lift blockade on Focus Media Group and protect journalists’ rights
ARTICLE 19
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We, the SafeJournalists Network, partners of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR), Reporters Without Borders (RSF), and Albanian media freedom organisations, express shared concern over the police blockade and subsequent events affecting Focus...
EU envoy voices solidarity over Albania wildfires
Gazeta Tema
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August 14, 2025
TIRANA, Aug 14 – EU Ambassador to Albania Silvio Gonzato expressed concern over the country’s wildfires on Thursday, calling the damage to trees, homes and villages “sad to see.” In a social media post, Gonzato thanked firefighters and all those...
Albania: Urgent answers needed on Focus Media Group blockade and journalists’ right to work
European Federation of Journalists
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August 12, 2025
The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) joined its partners of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR), the SafeJournalists Network, Reporters Without Borders (RSF), and Albanian media freedom organisations, in expressing serious concern over...
Politico: Albania turns to AI to beat corruption and join EU
Gazeta Tema
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August 14, 2025
Besides generating weird AI baby versions of European leaders, Albania’s politicians themselves could soon be made of pixels and code. TIRANA, Albania — While the rest of Europe bickers over the safety and scope of artificial intelligence, Albania...
UAE Rescue Team continues Albania forest firefighting operations
Sharjah24
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The UAE Rescue Team is working tirelessly to combat the blazes, maintaining constant field monitoring to ensure the fires are fully contained and to prevent any flare-ups, despite facing challenges such as soaring temperatures. Operations began on...
Albanian Laura Woods looks flawless in make-up-free bikini selfie as she shares incredible summer snaps
The Scottish Sun
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August 12, 2025
EVA MURATI has looked flawless without make-up in a bikini selfie for social media. The stunning TV presenter has often been labelled as the Albanian Laura Woods. 23 Eva Murati has stunned fans with this pictureCredit: Instagram @evamurati 23 She...
UAE helicopters drop 400,000 litres of water on raging Albanian wildfires
The National News
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Helicopters sent by the UAE have dropped more than 400,000 litres of water on wildfires raging across Albania under a major relief mission. An Emirati emergency task force arrived in Albania on Monday – on the directives of President Sheikh...
Edi Rama brutally shuts down entire media group in Albania without court ruling
BGNES
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August 14, 2025
Without any court ruling, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama has shut down the television channel News24. This is yet another attack on freedom of speech and a blow to democracy in the country, BGNES reported. On August 11, 2025, the News24 news...
Why is Albania criminalising 'mockery' yet going easy on corruption?
EUobserver
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August 14, 2025
The Albanian government recently introduced a draft proposal to amend the country’s criminal code, framing it as part of the broader justice reform agenda launched in 2016, which is supposed to advance Albania’s European Union (EU) integration...
Norway’s ‘bad boy’ with ties to royalty charged with raping four women, acts of violence
Malay Mail
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August 19, 2025
OSLO, Aug 19 — The 28-year-old son of Norway’s crown princess has been charged with raping four women and several acts of violence, and risks up to 10 years in prison, a prosecutor said on Monday. Marius Borg Hoiby, who was born from a...
Albania: We demand the immediate lifting of the blockade on Focus Media Group, News24 broadcast signal must be resumed
European Federation of Journalists
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August 11, 2025
Credits: News24 YouTube Channel / Screenshot The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) joined its Albanian affiliates (AGSH, AEJ Albania, and APJ Albania) and the SafeJournalists Network (SJN) in demanding an immediate end to the state police...
Transcending the boundaries of media: Appropriation of collective knowledge, transformation of labor and alternative futures
Bianet
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August 13, 2025
Today's digital world has become the main stage for a fundamental conflict. On one side of this conflict are new control architectures that combine state and corporate power to manage public discourse and appropriate collective knowledge, while on...
EU urges legal resolution in Albanian media row
Gazeta Tema
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August 13, 2025
TIRANA — The European Union has stepped into a growing dispute between Albanian authorities and the Focus Media Group, urging all sides to resolve their differences strictly through legal channels. In a statement, the EU Delegation in Tirana...
8 Best Airbnb Stays in Shkoder, Albania to Book in 2025
TripZilla
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August 13, 2025
A vast array of fantastic Airbnb stays are there in Shkoder for a comfy and memorable staycation. Shkoder, one of Albania’s oldest cities, offers a perfect mix of culture, history, and natural beauty for tourists. It is home to the impressive...
Mom-owned market on Staten Island celebrates Albanian heritage with new sculpture installation
SI Live - New York
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August 13, 2025
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — When Megi Xhemali, a 37-year-old mother of two from New Springville, found herself at a crossroads after her divorce, she turned to what she knew best: cooking and catering. That decision led her to open Argjiro’s Corner in...
News24 TV’s Shutdown in Albania Sends a Worrying Signal
Balkan Insight
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August 13, 2025
Both officials and Focus Media Group say the dispute centres on a property dispute and the transfer of parts of the complex to a state-owned company – but with the Ministry of Economy, Culture and Innovation and Focus Media Group trading blame...
Labour say small boat chaos ‘is NOT our fault’… while YOU pay for migrants’ free swim lessons, uni fees & cinema tickets
The Sun
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August 13, 2025
A LABOUR minister has shrugged off blame for 50,000 small-boat migrants since the election – as many pocket taxpayer-funded freebies. Baroness Jacqui Smith branded the record surge “wholly unacceptable” but insisted it was the Tories’ fault. 7...
Latin American Workers Keep Albania’s Tourism Afloat Amid a Shrinking Workforce
LatinAmerican Post
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August 12, 2025
From the beaches of Vlora to the crowded promenades of Saranda, the sound of the waves now mingles with accents from thousands of miles away. As Albania’s visitor numbers soar, its hotels and resorts are leaning on a new labor force from Latin...